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27 July 77 DAY 18 [[E]] = 25.0cc. 0745 hr. 4.0 cc SMA & sust. Hiccups. 0815 hrs Put in incubator 0900-0930 Awake, looking up, head & chest raised on elbows, fists partially clenched_ Grasped large & small surrogate mothers, crawled over to back. _Fell behind and was unable to pull self up, but when righted, remained sitting up. Mouthed wooden edge of towel rack around which fur arranged, repeatedly and with vigor_Clasped fur with feet and [[?]] one hand_Efforts at trying to pull self up back side of surrogate mother appeared too much for muscle develop- ment, as yet. [[Trunk]] head or arms would tremble after each attempt. Moved around with upper part of body mostly erect for about 1/2 hr. Sometimes vocalized and opened mouth wide (gape?) Finally gave up and went to sleep on side. Note[[underlined Note]]: Since he was fed at 7:45 shouldn't have been hungry but acted that way. Scratched ^[[side]] with hind foot several times. [[end page]] [[start page]] 10:45 Scratching side w/ right [?]. contacting body. Raises elbow to get to [[strikethrough]]under[[/strikethrough]] armpit during scratch. Clearly more alert & active & coordinated relative to 23rd July Fed ~ 3.6cc SMA & SusT. Allowed to sk[?] on own but swallowed too quicly. Sneezing sev'l times after feed. Yawned 3X during feed. Tilts head while gazing. Exhibiting almost normal grasp & clutch by opening & shutting fists 1300 Wakes up, alert, rasping & chirping, scratching, [[strikethrough]] looked [[/strikethrough]] looking around, 3.5 cc SMA & SusT. - rapid eager feeding 1/2 sk 1/2 lap 1500 Awake, rasping, looking around, scratching, 1530 3.5cc SMA & SusT 1/2 sk 1/2 lap 1730 67.7g[[circled in red]] 1740 [[circled in red]]3.5cc 1/2 sk 1/2 lap[[/circled in red]] 2015 3.4cc SMA & Sust carried in sock (new formula) 2300 3.5cc - sk most of bottle using nipple with larger hole holding head up when awake for 1/2 hr.
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